Don’t forget about local security on your Mac. Make sure to require a password shortly after the screen saver starts or the display sleeps to prevent people from riffling through your email, photos, messages, and more.
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Hundreds of millions of people had their names, addresses, and Social Security numbers revealed in the massive NPD breach. There isn’t much you can do to protect yourself, but we explain the one thing everyone should do.
Editing text on an iPhone or iPad will never be as easy as on a Mac, but with these tips, you can quickly position the insertion point and select words and paragraphs using your finger.
It’s exciting to get a new iPhone, but take a few minutes to read our advice on what you need to do before — and after — transferring your data from your old iPhone.
If you connect your Mac to your UPS with a USB cable, you can use Energy Saver to shut your Mac down automatically in the event of a power failure… before the UPS battery runs out.
QR codes — those blocky squares you scan with your iPhone camera — are an easy way to open a Web page. Unfortunately, scammers also use them to trick people into visiting malicious websites, so read our tip about scanning these codes safely.
If you have parked domains that never send email, it’s important to set up SPF, DKIM, and DMARC so scammers can’t forge legitimate-looking email from those domains.
When you connect to a public Wi-Fi network, you often must authenticate or agree to terms on a captive portal login page. Here’s the solution if that page doesn’t appear.
It’s frustrating to receive a small or fuzzy image via email or Messages. There’s no need for it in most cases, and we explain how you can be sure you’re send-ing full-size images.
Night Shift changes the colors of the screen as the sun sets to reduce the amount of blue light hitting your eyes.